He was a problem with his pump fake and his handles. Long-haired Ginobili is one of the best players in the league. Bald-head Ginobili is like that, but long-haired Ginobili? He's a problem child." ...

"Manu was one of the best guards to ever play the game," the ... making unbelievable plays," Ginobili's former Italian league coach Ettore Messina once said of him. "He was like a black player." ...